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Quick gouache of Oriah’s father in Addis #gouache #portrait #painting #ethiopia #addisababa www.zitogallery.com

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If you know me, you know I like my coffee brewed in a jebena, an Ethiopian clay pot. Coffee started here so my best hypothesis is: they know how it’s done. One of the reasons I came here was to get a new jebena and so here’s my semi-quarantine gauche of it. #jebena #coffee #claypot #original #brew #painting #gauche #ethiopia www.zitogallery.com

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Ducking from the equatorial sun ☀️ momentarily in Addis. I live here now, until further notice. #newhome #azure #blue #amharic #addisababa www.zitogallery.com

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Playing with Ethiopian iconography for a mural proposal #lion #drawing #sketch for a #mural #ethiopia #blacklion #addisababa www.zitogallery.com

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Sloppy experiments in Coptic geometry #sketching #ethiopian #cross #meskel www.zitogallery.com

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While in Africa I have access to some incredible masks and carvings and I can’t help but think of how these images strongly influenced the work of Picasso and through him and others brought forth a massive shift in how we paint and how we see. This face is painted from a carved Congolese drum. #carving #painting #congo #picasso #africa www.zitogallery.com

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A new coffee ☕️ cup portrait commission of Kobe Bryant going out today. #coffeecupportraits #coffee #portrait #drawing #nba #kobe #kobebryant #customportrait www.zitogallery.com

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Home 🏡 Sweet ❤️ #home www.zitogallery.com

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Readied for the journey, mystical beasts of the imaginarium catapulting back to their woodland environs #caution #fragile #not #arthandling @howlhappening www.zitogallery.com

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Getting my work packed up by pros! The royal treatment. The fun will be to see if it fits in my house. www.zitogallery.com

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Tonight we ring in the Roaring 20s. Be sure to wear a cool hat. #after #picasso #womaninagreenhat #phillipscollection #learning by #copying #themasters #roaring20s #happynewyear www.zitogallery.com

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A work in progress - it’s always the best lesson to trace the steps of a master... this stuff ain’t easy, lemme tell ya. That trick of deep distortion that comes across as classical beauty... it’s not easy to bend and warp a face and still retain a sense of grace. This ones not there yet... still learning. Sorry but Picasso still rules. #womaninagreenhat #pablo #picasso #portrait #study #alwayslearning #wip #process www.zitogallery.com

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SATURDAY at 4pm artists talk @howlhappening with #pennyarcade #claytonpatterson #anthonyhadenguest #margueritevancook and myself. Plus the show catalog is here - beautifully designed and printed by Howl for 20 bucks #artiststalk #discussion #catalog #nycart #eastvillage #lowereastside #nyc www.zitogallery.com

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Richard Hell was at the film screening for the Roberta Bailey movie by Beth Lasch at @howlhappening last Thursday. So I put his ass on a paper cup. This one and several other iconic portraits are up for grabs ($100) during the last week of “My Father was a Satyr” at Howl. Wed-Sun 11am-6pm thru this Sunday Dec 22. Come see! #coffeecup #portraits #richardhell #voidoids #television #cbgb #cbgbs #punk #pioneer #punkrock #blankgeneration www.zitogallery.com

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This dirty birdy is hanging out @howlhappening in my solo show “My Father was a Satyr” Wed-Sun 11-6 thru Dec 22 #bird from #hell @dramatic_sean_moloney www.zitogallery.com

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A mad ram 🐏 on the wall at my solo show @howlhappening #nyc “My Father was a Satyr” on view Wed-Sun 11am-6pm thru Dec 22 #sheep #painting #collage #disc www.zitogallery.com

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I was raised by goats. This one is called #dad Its on the wall at @howlhappening for the run of my solo exhibition “My Father was a Satyr”on view Wed-Sun 11am-6pm thru Dec 22. Come see it!!! #goat www.zitogallery.com